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[To the NY Times Editorial
Board]
To the Editor:
Re “2 Cruz Victories Buoy
Challenge to Trump Drive” (front page, March 6):
We know who wants to stop
Donald Trump’s journey toward the Republican nomination for president, but who
is going to stop Ted Cruz’s increasingly successful challenge?
As a moderate Democrat, I
would be satisfied with either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. But should
the Democratic nominee falter in the general election, Mr. Cruz scares me as a
potential president far more than Mr. Trump. Why? I fear that Mr. Cruz may
actually believe some of the rhetoric he espouses and is politically ruthless
enough to attempt to enact an ultra-rightist agenda that would send our country
on a death spiral.
Mr. Cruz and Mr. Trump are at
opposite ends of the definition of narcissism: Mr. Trump wants everyone to like
him and praise him, while Mr. Cruz’s arrogance is so monumental that he simply
doesn’t care whether anyone likes him, because he knows that when he utters a
pronouncement, it is gospel. That is the scarier of the two extremes.
In the end, I would hold my
nose and support the con man who says we should make America great again,
rather than the con man who says we should make America Christian again. While
neither is fit to be president, and both are evil in their own ways, I’d rather
opt for the rallying cry that comports with the spirit of our nation.
MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
Laguna Beach, Calif.
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